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As long as it's not too much over 2m it's a good deal for us. Probably won't be more than 2-3 years.

Kulemin is a good defensive player too and is a nice piece to have in the lineup for that reason. Hopefully his offence takes off if they put him back on a scoring line.
 
Hey Boston fans! Remember when we traded our first line winger and he was really a no good, terribly bad person in the locker room and none of the guys liked him?? Well, don't even worry about those rumours we're trading our first line center... because he too is disliked! :sarcasm We hear he kicks puppies in his spare time too.

http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/gasper/2010/06/under_marc_sava.html

The urge to give Savard the gate goes more to temperament than talent. You don't have to be around the Bruins very long to hear the murmurs and whispers that Savard is not exactly beloved by his teammates. It was kind of telling that when Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke delivered his blindside blast to Savard, even the Bruins' delayed reactions to the play lacked the alacrity you would expect when another team cheap-shots your best player.

It was also somewhat telling that when locker room sage and de facto captain Mark Recchi was asked about possibly dealing Savard during a conference call with reporters, his words came far closer to endorsing the idea than condemning it.

Recchi gave his imprimatur to the Bruins off-season plan, a big part of which appears to be sending Savard elsewhere, saying Chiarelli "had a great feel for what was needed," and that he thought the team was going to get younger and faster, a trend that started with the drafting of Savard's presumed replacement, Tyler Seguin.

Recchi said complimentary things about Savard -- "I really like Savvy," and called him a"dynamic passer" -- but certainly didn't make any pronounced public plea to keep him, which you might expect a fellow forward to do for his team's top centerman.
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You know, I'm not even a big fan of the Savard trade idea, but it's just hilarious this 'not well liked in the dressing room' crap comes out only after when he's rumored to be on the block.

I guess that's Boston media ... if it's Toronto media, these rumors STOP when a player is rumored to be on the move, and they place him on the pedastal, getting their ammo ready to criticize the GM as soon as he pulls the trigger to make the trade.

Just wait and see how the media critique the Kaberle trade, whenever that happens.
 
"If there’s a viable option to Marc Savard, you’ve obviously got to look at it," said Recchi. "[Chiarelli] might be looking for a different dynamic. We’ve got [David Krejci], [Patrice] Bergeron, and Seguin as centermen. We’ve got some younger centermen coming up. He might be looking at the big picture right now."
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Wow. How is Savard going to walk back in that dressing room after that gets dropped to the papers?

Savard is a very good player, but he's not a franchise forward. The Bruins believe they drafted one in Seguin
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LOL. If Seguin ever turned out to be as good as non-franchise player Savard they should be doing backflips.
 
Okay, I really don't have trouble believing this of Savvy. I've talked to people who are the parents of a few of Savard's teammates from when he was in Oshawa. He wasn't exactly beloved of his teammates back then either.
 
You know, I'm not even a big fan of the Savard trade idea, but it's just hilarious this 'not well liked in the dressing room' crap comes out only after when he's rumored to be on the block.
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Yeah, I find this unreal. It kinda reminds me of my friend's (Bruins fan) reaction when he heard about the rumours - a fairly rattled sounding "Whatever. He's not even my favourite Bruin anyway." (He purchased a Savard jersey after the extension was signed.)
 
Okay, I really don't have trouble believing this of Savvy. I've talked to people who are the parents of a few of Savard's teammates from when he was in Oshawa. He wasn't exactly beloved of his teammates back then either.
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You know, it might very well be true I just find it brutal how this stuff comes out in the media as soon as the rumours of their departure do. No one said any of this stuff when he signed the deal last summer.
 
Volcanologist said:
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2010/06/savard_unlikely.html
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Not a bad thing if the Savard trade is dead ... not a huge fan of the idea to begin with, and if it's dead, it probably means Chia is actually looking for valuable pieces in return, and Burke doesn't think Savard is the perfect fit for the Leafs.

But make no mistake, the Bruins are right at the cap and they still have to add a defenseman to replace Wideman. If they don't trade Savard, they need to trade Thomas ... but as we all know, there's almost no market for goalies and Thomas' contract makes him unmovable. They will eventually have to come back and move Savard IMO - if not to Toronto, to the other teams on Savard's short list.

Here's an interesting point though - why are the Bruins so darn sure Seguin is NHL ready? All due respect, this is the same kid who was cut from the WJHC roster last December. It's not a knock against Seguin, because he's younger, but I am just a little puzzling why the Bruins are so sure he's NHL ready.

Sure you can stick anyone in the NHL lineup, but whether he can perform, especially as a top lines forward, is a BIG question mark IMO.
 
Chiarelli is a low class piece of poop - he can go screw himself.

I'm fine passing on Savard - not worth coughing up anything of real value due to his contract and future career ending injury risk.
 
That's hilarious....

Did Burke not already say that he would be discussing this with Chiarelli when they met later in the week?

Did Burke not already come out and say that they haven't discussed Savard yet?

****ing media
 
hockeylover said:
I don't get how it died if it hadn't started yet.
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This


I trust that Burke tells the truth when he opens his mouth. You can drive a truck through the holes in the plot he leaves out, but when the man says something definitive, it's the truth.

Talks haven't even started yet.
 
number17 said:
Not a bad thing if the Savard trade is dead ... not a huge fan of the idea to begin with, and if it's dead, it probably means Chia is actually looking for valuable pieces in return, and Burke doesn't think Savard is the perfect fit for the Leafs.

But make no mistake, the Bruins are right at the cap and they still have to add a defenseman to replace Wideman. If they don't trade Savard, they need to trade Thomas ... but as we all know, there's almost no market for goalies and Thomas' contract makes him unmovable. They will eventually have to come back and move Savard IMO - if not to Toronto, to the other teams on Savard's short list.

Here's an interesting point though - why are the Bruins so darn sure Seguin is NHL ready? All due respect, this is the same kid who was cut from the WJHC roster last December. It's not a knock against Seguin, because he's younger, but I am just a little puzzling why the Bruins are so sure he's NHL ready.

Sure you can stick anyone in the NHL lineup, but whether he can perform, especially as a top lines forward, is a BIG question mark IMO.
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Huge mistake by Willie Desjardins right there. Did he really think Greg Nemisz was a more worthy selection than Tyler Seguin?
 
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